No. 2 (2023): Ecosystem-based Planning. The contribution of ecosystem services to Urban and Regional Planning innovation
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L’analisi di processi di afforestazione urbana a supporto dell’urbanistica ecosistemica

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  • Andrea De Toni,
  • Riccardo Roganti,
  • Silvia Ronchi,
  • Stefano Salata
Andrea De Toni
Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani, Politecnico di Milano
Riccardo Roganti
Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani, Politecnico di Milano, Via Bonardi 3, Milano, Italia
Silvia Ronchi
Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani, Politecnico di Milano, Via Bonardi 3, Milano, Italia
Stefano Salata
Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani, Politecnico di Milano, Via Bonardi 3, Milano, Italia

Published 2024-05-07

Keywords

  • Servizi ecosistemici,
  • pianificazione sostenibile,
  • città resiliente,
  • variazione d’uso del suolo,
  • Ecosystem services,
  • sustainable planning,
  • resilient cities,
  • LULCC
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De Toni, A., Roganti, R., Ronchi, S., & Salata, S. (2024). L’analisi di processi di afforestazione urbana a supporto dell’urbanistica ecosistemica. Contesti. Città, Territori, Progetti, (2), 94–107. Retrieved from https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/contesti/article/view/14853

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(IT) Negli ultimi anni, i processi di afforestazione in ambito urbano sono stati sempre più richiamati in numerosi documenti politici e strategici quale azione per arrestare e invertire il degrado degli ecosistemi e la perdita di biodiversità migliorando le condizioni di vivibilità delle città e il benessere dei cittadini. Tuttavia, gli effetti di tali trasformazioni di uso e copertura del suolo risultano ad oggi ancora poco conosciuti e approfonditi, facendo emergere una limitata disponibilità di dati ed evidenze scientifiche a supporto di un’efficiente pianificazione urbana e di una gestione del territorio in chiave sostenibile. Nel presente studio verranno illustrati e discussi i risultati di una prima analisi dei processi di afforestazione avvenuti nella Città Metropolitana di Milano per comprendere come tali indagini possano supportare i processi di pianificazione orientando il progetto della città contemporanea verso l’adozione di pratiche ecologicamente orientate.

(EN) In recent years, urban afforestation processes have been increasingly recalled in political and strategic documents as actions to halt and reverse ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, by improving the livability of cities and the well-being of citizens. However, the effects of land use and land cover transformations are still poorly explored, highlighting a paucity of data and scientific evidence to support efficient urban planning and sustainable land management. This study will discuss the results of a preliminary analysis of afforestation processes that have occurred in the Metropolitan City of Milan and explore how this knowledge can support ecologically oriented planning processes.

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